Stackable Clothes Hanger

ABSTRACT

This invention relates to a stackable clothes hanger comprising a hanging hook and a shoulder supporting part formed extendedly with inclination to right and left respectively from one end of said hanging hook for upholding the shoulder part of an upper garment, wherein the central part of said shoulder supporting part is formed with a hollow penetrating part as vertical penetration having a dimension that is equal to or larger than the size to have inserted a hanging hook of the same kind of clothes hanger and the inner plane of said shoulder supporting is formed with a receiving space capable of accepting at least a portion of the shoulder supporting part of the same kind of clothes hanger. With the configuration as such, structure for enabling a plurality of the clothes hangers to be stacked one over another is simplified so that productivity thereof might be enhanced and volume reducing effect thereof might be maximum when a plurality of such clothes hangers are stacked.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates generally to a stackable clothes hanger,and more particularly to a stackable clothes hanger having aconfiguration whereby a plurality of these clothes hangers can bestacked one on top of another so that storage and transportation thereofcan be made easy.

BACKGROUND ART

A conventional clothes hanger comprises, as illustrated in FIG. 1, ashoulder supporting part 12 for upholding shoulder part of an uppergarment, a neck part 13 that is formed in the middle of said shouldersupporting part 12, and a hanging hook 11 that is attached at center ofsaid neck part 13 and used for hanging clothes.

However, in case where a plurality of above said clothes hangers are tobe placed one on top of another for storage, there is no stackable partthat can be put and offset one upon another in shoulder supporting part12, or in neck part 13, or in hanging hook 11, so the total volume ismade too big, and storage area for keeping them is to be so large thatarrangement of such clothes hangers in good shape and order isimpossible. Furthermore, in case of transportation of such clotheshangers, transportation cost thereof increases because of huge bulkinessof volume, which causes another problem of the traditional clotheshanger.

In consideration of problems and drawbacks described as above, a clotheshanger disclosed in Korean Utility Model No. 1994-0005206 as shown inFIG. 2 is suggesting a configuration as follows: a receiving chamber 14capable of receiving a hanging portion 20 is formed at upper centralpart of the hanging bar 10, and a rotary portion 21 formed at lower partof the hanging portion 20 is rotational freely in said receiving chamber14.

In case where a plurality of clothes hangers according to above saidinvention are to be placed one on top of another, the rotary portion 21formed at lower part of the hanging portion 20 rotates in said receivingchamber 14 and the hanging portion 20 is made received in receivingchamber 14, so all clothes hangers except clothes hanger on top can bestacked one over another as illustrated in FIG. 3, which may bringadvantages that many clothes hangers can be stored easily at small spaceand transportation thereof may also be easy. However, in order thathanging portion 20 should be received within the receiving chamber 14, acomplicated structure is required for the rotary portion 21 formed atlower part of hanging portion 20 to rotate within the receiving chamber21, and accordingly increased production cost of such a clothes hangerfollows as a problem. Furthermore, in case where a plurality of clotheshangers are to be stacked one on top of another, the portion where totalvolume is actually reduced corresponds only to the height where thehanging portion 20 of clothes hanger is formed and the total volumecannot be reduced any more, so there was a limitation for substantialobject of reducing volume to be accomplished.

DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION Technical Problem

The present invention was contrived to alleviate or solve problems anddrawbacks mentioned as above. It is an objective of the presentinvention therefore to provide a stackable clothes hanger with asimplified configuration for enabling a plurality of the clothes hangersto be stacked one on top of another so that productivity thereof mightbe enhanced on one hand and volume reducing effect thereof might be madebig on the other hand when a plurality of the clothes hangers arestacked.

Technical Solution

In order to achieve the objective described as above, the stackableclothes hanger according to the present invention comprises a hanginghook and a shoulder supporting part formed extendedly with inclinationto right and left respectively from one end of said hanging hook forupholding the shoulder part of an upper garment, wherein the centralpart of said shoulder supporting part is formed with a hollowpenetrating part as a vertical penetration whose size is equal to orlarger than that capable of having inserted a hanging hook of the samekind of a clothes hanger, and the inner plane of said shouldersupporting part is formed with a receiving space capable of accepting atleast a portion of the shoulder supporting part of the same kind of aclothes hanger.

Lower parts at both sides of said shoulder supporting part arepreferably formed with upholding bases each of which is formedprotrudingly and has an insertion hole, and a trouser hanging bar forkeeping trousers or slacks hanged is hingedly inserted into saidinsertion holes at both sides of said upholding bases.

Both ends of said trouser hanging bar are preferably made bent like ahook, and these bent parts like a hook are inserted into said insertionholes of said upholding bases.

Advantageous Effect

The stackable clothes hanger according to the present invention providesa simplified configuration for enabling a plurality of such clotheshangers to be stacked one over another, so the productivity thereofmight be enhanced and production cost thereof might be lowered.Moreover, if a plurality of clothes hangers are to be placed one on topof another, volume reducing effect can be made so big in comparison tothe case of conventional clothes hangers that a lot of such clotheshangers can be stored conveniently in a small space as well as they canbe transported easily.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a traditional clothes hanger;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating another traditional clotheshanger;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a state when the clotheshangers of FIG. 2 are stacked;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a stackable clothes hangeraccording to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating another embodiment of hanginghook of stackable clothes hanger according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory drawing illustrating a process where stackableclothes hangers according to the present invention are to be stacked;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view illustrating a state when three of thestackable clothes hangers according to the present invention have beenstacked;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view illustrating a stackable clothes hangeraccording to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a partial cutaway view of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is an explanatory drawing illustrating a process where stackableclothes hangers according to another embodiment of the present inventionare to be stacked; and

FIG. 11 is a perspective view illustrating a state when three of thestackable clothes hangers according to another embodiment of the presentinvention have been stacked.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, the stackable clothes hanger according to preferableembodiments of the present invention will be described in detail withreference to appended drawings.

FIGS. 4 to 7 are drawings illustrating a stackable clothes hangeraccording to the present invention: FIG. 4 is a perspective viewillustrating a stackable clothes hanger according to the presentinvention; FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating another embodimentof hanging hook of stackable clothes hanger according to the presentinvention; FIG. 6 is an explanatory drawing illustrating a process wherestackable clothes hangers according to the present invention are to bestacked; and FIG. 7 is a perspective view illustrating a state whenthree of the stackable clothes hangers according to the presentinvention have been stacked.

Referring to FIG. 4, a stackable clothes hanger according to the presentinvention comprises a hanging hook 1 and a shoulder supporting part 2formed extendedly with inclination to right and left respectively fromone end of said hanging hook 1 for upholding the shoulder part of anupper garment

The central part of said shoulder supporting part 2 is formed with ahollow penetrating part 3 as vertical penetration having a dimensionthat is equal to or larger than the size to have inserted the hanginghook 1 of the same kind of clothes hanger, and one side of circumferenceof said hollow penetrating part 3 is formed with a hanging hook 1extended protrudingly upwards.

Furthermore, the inner plane of said shoulder supporting part 2 isformed with a receiving space 4 along length direction of said innerplane. In this receiving space 4, the upper planes of shouldersupporting part 2 of the same kind of clothes hangers can be receivedand stacked.

Said hanging hook 1 is used to hang the clothes hanger on a nail or arack fixedly attached at wall or on a clothes hanging structure. Asshown in FIG. 4, it can be formed at one side of circumference of thehollow penetrating part 3 as one body with same material as that of saidshoulder supporting part 2, or as illustrated in FIG. 5, it can beformed protrudingly upwards at one side of circumference of said hollowpenetrating part 3 as a different material from that of said shouldersupporting part 2.

In use of the stackable clothes hanger having configuration described asabove according to the present invention, a plurality of said clotheshangers can be stacked one on top of another by use of the hollowpenetrating part 3 formed at central part of the shoulder supportingpart 2 and the receiving space 4 formed at lower plane thereof. Thestacking process as illustrated in FIG. 6 is as follows: two of saidclothes hangers are placed to come nearer each other as one on top ofthe other, and then hanging hook 1 of the clothes hanger located atlower side is made inserted into the hollow penetrating part 3 of theclothes hanger located at upper side. Therefore, as the hanging hook 1of the clothes hanger located at lower side is being inserted into thehollow penetrating part 3 of the clothes hanger located at upper side,the upper plane of shoulder supporting part 2 of clothes hanger locatedat lower side is made inserted into the receiving space 4 formed atlower plane of shoulder supporting part 2 of clothes hanger located atupper side. According to same processes repeated, a plurality of theclothes hangers can be made stacked in a smallest volume as illustratedin FIG. 7. Therefore, a lot of such clothes hangers can be easily storedin a small space because of remarkably reduced total volume as well astransportation thereof is conveniently easy due to total stacked volumeof such clothes hangers made remarkably reduced.

FIGS. 8 to 11 are drawings illustrating a stackable clothes hangeraccording to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is aperspective view illustrating a stackable clothes hanger according toanother embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 9 is a partial-cutopen view of FIG. 8; FIG. 10 is an explanatory drawing illustrating aprocess where stackable clothes hangers according to another embodimentof the present invention are to be stacked; and FIG. 11 is a perspectiveview illustrating a state when three of the stackable clothes hangersaccording to another embodiment of the present invention have beenstacked.

A stackable clothes hanger according to another embodiment of thepresent invention as shown in FIG. 8 is differentiated from the clotheshanger of FIG. 4 by the point that a trouser hanging bar 5 is furtherattached therein for keeping trousers or slacks hanged at lower side ofshoulder supporting part 2

Said trouser hanging bar 5 as illustrated in FIG. 9 is hingedly insertedat lower plane of shoulder supporting part 2. At this time, lower partsat both sides of said shoulder supporting part 2 are formed withupholding bases 7 each of which is formed protrudingly and has aninsertion hole 6. Both ends of the trouser hanging bar 5 are made bentlike a hook, and these bent parts 8 like a hook are insertedrespectively into insertion holes 6 of said upholding bases 7.

As a structure for hingedly inserting said trouser hanging bar 5 intothe lower plane of shoulder supporting part 2, aforesaid embodiment hasdescribed the bent parts 8 like a hook being inserted into insertionholes 6, which is however an explanatory example. It will be apparentthat any other structures for hingedly connecting the trouser hangingbar 5 at lower plane of shoulder supporting part 2 should also bepossible without departing from the spirit and scope of the presentinvention and they should be considered therefore to fall within therange and scope of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 10, when a plurality of the stackable clothes hangersaccording to another embodiment of the present invention which has aconfiguration described as above are to be stacked, two clothes hangersare placed come closer each other as one on top of the other. With thetrouser hanging bar 5 of clothes hanger located relatively at upper sidebeing pushed aside, the hanging hook 1 of clothes hanger locatedrelatively at lower side is inserted into the hollow penetrating part 3of clothes hanger relatively located at upper side. And then, as thehanging hook 1 located at the lower clothes hanger is made inserted intothe hollow penetrating part 3 of clothes hanger located relatively atupper side, the upper plane of shoulder supporting part 2 located atlower clothes hanger is made inserted into the receiving space 4 formedat lower plane of shoulder supporting part 2 of clothes hanger locatedat upper side. Therefore, as illustrated in FIG. 11, a lot of suchclothes hangers can be easily stored in a small space because ofremarkably reduced total volume as well as transportation thereof isconveniently easy due to total stacked volume of such clothes hangersmade remarkably reduced.

While the present invention has been described herein with reference tothe preferred embodiments thereof illustrated as appended drawings, itwill be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications,variations and equivalent embodiments or examples can be made thereinwithout departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore,it is intended that the present invention covers the modifications,variations and equivalent embodiments or examples of this invention thatcome within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The stackable clothes hanger according to the present invention providesa simplified configuration for enabling a plurality of such clotheshangers to be stacked one over another, so the productivity thereofmight be enhanced and production cost thereof might be lowered.Moreover, if a plurality of clothes hangers are to be placed one on topof another, volume reducing effect thereof can be made so big incomparison to the case of conventional clothes hangers that a lot ofsuch clothes hangers can be stored conveniently in a small space as wellas they can be transported easily.

1. A stackable clothes hanger comprising: a hanging hook; and a shouldersupporting part formed extendedly with inclination to right and leftrespectively from one end of said hanging hook, for upholding theshoulder part of an upper garment, wherein the central part of saidshoulder supporting part is formed with a hollow penetrating part as avertical penetration whose size is equal to or larger than that whichcan have inserted a hanging hook of the same kind of a clothes hanger,and the inner plane of said shoulder supporting part is formed with areceiving space capable of accepting at least a portion of the shouldersupporting part of the same kind of a clothes hanger.
 2. The stackableclothes hanger according to claim 1, wherein lower parts at both sidesof said shoulder supporting part are formed with upholding bases each ofwhich is formed protrudingly and has an insertion hole, and a trouserhanging bar for keeping trousers or slacks hanged is hingedly insertedinto said insertion holes at both sides of said upholding bases.
 3. Thestackable clothes hanger according to claim 2, wherein said trouserhanging bar is made bent like a hook at both ends thereof, and thesebent parts like a hook are inserted into said insertion holes of theupholding bases.